TCAF x Entreviñetas Present: The Blind Date Project! Apply Today!

TheToronto Comic Arts Festival (Toronto, Canada) andEntreviñetas Festival (Bogotá and Medellín, Colombia), in alliance with the Ministry of Culture of Colombia, are proud to announce the launch of the Blind Dateproject (Cita a ciegas).

This collaborative creative project will support two comic artists — one from Canada, and one from Colombia — to create a shared digital graphic work over the course of one month, using the internet to develop the piece from their respective places of residency. The selected Canadian artist will receive $1000 CAD to support the creation of this work. The selected Colombian artist will receive 5 million Colombian pesos. Please see the detailed application for information about how to apply to participate.

Blind Date is the first official collaborative project between TCAF and the Entreviñetas Festival. Both festivals are excited to join forces, with a vision of building an international partnership. We believe that unconventional and ambitious collaboration between comic art organizations can create unique and generative opportunities for artists, publishers, educators and arts professionals across the globe. It is with this in mind that we are beginning to work together, working towards a shared goal of nourishing a mutually supportive global comics community.

Both festivals look forward to bringing artists together in new and exciting ways in 2018 and beyond.

Project Description & Application

The Blind Date project will bring together a Canadian artist and Colombian artist to jointly develop and create a comic art project around the theme of “conversation.” Both artists selected for Blind Date will be expected to:

Deliver a total of 8-12 pages of comic, or the webcomic equivalent, to be hosted online and formatted for digital audiences

Meet digitally at least once every two weeks (for example through Skype, video calling, screenshare, etc.) with ongoing correspondence between meetings

Create some official documentation of the artistic process, to be shared publicly at the Entreviñetas Festival (in Bogotá) in the last days of September 2018

A letter of interest of no longer than one (1) page, in which you explain your interest in the project, how it fits into your career as an artist, and a proposed shape or focus for the project you would like to create

An artist’s CV (no longer than 3 pgs) with relevant experience

Portfolio of 5-7 works of comic art

Canadian creators interested in participating in the project do not have to be exhibitors at TCAF to apply.

Interested Colombian artists should apply through the platform of Ministry of Culture here.